Slightly OFFTOPIC:
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Originally Posted by HFC3
"Monopoly" - Calibre doesn't have a monopoly. No-one else has written anything close to accomplishing what Calibre does. How can it t be a monopoly if it's the only product of it's kind available?
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May be time for a 'basic economics' crash course?
"A monopoly is an enterprise that is the only seller of a good or service."
Calibre is a monopoly if and only if it is the only product of its kind available. If there were any other products available, it wouldn't really be a monopoly.
Also, a monopoly is a monopoly irrespective of the way the enterprise achieve or maintain it (i.e. their competitive attitude/practices). So irrespective of the good/bad intentions or encouragement of its developers for forking/developing alternative products, calibre is still a monopoly.
And to all those who said "No one is forcing you to use calibre", well (unfortunately) a monopoly 'effectively' does just that. They control the market and they detect the terms, irrespective of market sentiments.
Unless and until an alternative product comes into the picture, no one really knows how bad the market needs really are.